The end of Windows XP

Keeping up with all my duties are pains taking at times. I’ve neglected my blogs quite severely. Matter of fact that was never my intention, let me begin on talking about the up and coming of an era. April is the deadline for XP, it will sad to see such a good friend go. Stable easy to use and a work horse in the office.
You know there will be die-hard fans grasping at its shirt tail and hanging on until the bitter end long after April has come and gone. Now some have been asking why hang on to old methods we surly don’t want to return to Win 98 so why XP? If you are one of those offices that are holding on to XP, you probably have asked this for over a year now.

Here are a couple of explanations to why XP is so important. Money is the bottom line for everyone, even for those with unseemly loads of wealth. Have you seen the cost of software? Not just what you buy at the geek store. Discounts are pretty good, still if you ever worked in acquisitions in a company you know that software in the middle market business is so high it is cost preventive to switch to a new Operating system and buy all new software that works on Win 8 or 7. Reason two for sticking with Windows XP, at 39 % is that a lot of “Crucial software depends on Windows XP." Thirdly is that it has been a good dependable system so why fix what isn't broke. The compatibility mode, really it is not such a good idea. With 500 or even 1000 plus computers, good old Charlie in IT will be on your computer more than its user. No company wants to keep a large IT staff; they bring us in for project and then the IT team will leave when the project is done
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Migration project are costly and disruptive to the business in whole. I’m dissuading the concept that is my bread and butter after all. However it is a reality that IT contractors work from project to project and scrimp in the off months. This business with ending XP may stimulate my business however companies have been given fair warning to get there ducks in a row. Let’s hope most companies will not be so blindsided by this move in the industry norm.

Prayer | What can we do when God is silent or says no! | From the (Selfish Man Series)

Prayer What can we do when God is silent or says no!From the (Selfish Man Series) 

Something that dwells on our heart, we pray. Praying is a part of our nature as man. Wishing or making a wish is a prayer like form, however in the Christian walk we are encouraged each morning to pray, at meal times and before we sleep. That is the natural possession of our days since childhood. Prayer has become scheduled in our Churches. It is not a bad thing. Schedules are reminders of when to do things, and organization is a tool used in planning successful events, to include services.

So let’s get to prayer in our personal life. The unscheduled prayers in our life when no one is around, and no one is listening, just you and the Father! Be honest we all have desires, dreams and wants as well as needs, right? Sometimes we entertain these in expressed individual and honest prayers to God. We are selfish? Personally I always struggled a little bit with that concept, and I find myself asking others to pray for my needs, because I feel guilty in praying for myself, feeling I am being selfish.
The other mater is. Then too it is a hard thing to face when I realize latter my selfish needed prayer was answered with a NO! I never resented the Father for the no answer. I questioned it, yes. Still I learned latter the reason should have been clear to me all along. If you are like most, you might find it hard to be rejected when one of your desires you hoped for is answered with a no. We may even feel rejected, resentment may occur because by human standards we want acceptance.

As a growing believer, a Christian we seek Gods heart, His acceptance. We find ways in our daily walk to do things for good ignoring ourselves of things we personally want. The example in the Old testament of King David’s desire to build the temple to the Lord in First Chronicles 28:2. His dream went unfulfilled; however that dream was passed on to Solomon. Although the answer was NO! God remained his diligence and allowed the King’s focus to remain on Israel and pass it on to another.

The lesson here is in the next few lines, oh when you get a chance read the first book of Chronicles chapter 29:10 through 19. "Blessed are You, O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; yours is the dominion, O LORD, and you exalt yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all, and in your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone."29:10-12 (Bible)

In this passage we can see that the David was not revengeful or loathed pitifully or showed he was angry, still yet it was the opposite he exalted the Father. Expressing that God supplied all their needs. He concentrated in his prayer for the people in his prayers to” strengthen everyone”. He prays for the temple and his son before he dies. (Swindoll., 2011)

Gods answer was no to David however we see from our Bible history lessons it was for a reason. It was answered in a way that we saw after his death it could only be fulfilled. This is when the no answer for one is a wait for others. Perhaps it’s not time to even get a direct answer because it is not for your moment and time. That time and purpose might be for others or perhaps your plans do not fit in what He has planned for you. (Brewer, 2013,2014)
In closing let’s take a lesson from David and give thanks and praise that God loved us so that he interceded and protected us from ourselves. God’s pre-planned purposes do not die with us.
(Swindoll., 2011) 

This lesson was inspired from the following:

Bible NKJV
Brewer, K. A. (2013,2014, Nov, Dec, Jan). The Word Reviled. Selfish man. Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA: Connect 123|Hug a Kid Network.
Swindoll., C. R. (2011, July 27). , David: A Man of Passion & Destiny. Retrieved from oneplace.com: http://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/explore-the-bible/when-god-says-no-pray-11653698.html

LOL Windows 8

I don’t have too many stories to tell anyone about Windows 8, I just know it didn't work for me. I wrote an article a year or so ago on my experiment and still have that Bata version of Win 8 in my catalog of ISO’s. The idea was to compete with the based versions of Ubuntu, Linux and I operating strategies. There were or are attempts to tweak the machine so it preforms more like the more successful Windows 7. Ubuntu in a recent past put the plan of a totally Ubuntu operating system on a phone. The Analysis includes people participating in a false buying mart research. Consumers were asked to make factious purchases of the phone and when they got to a certain number that would reconsider whether to market the phone.  They didn't! I would have looked forward to one just out of kicks and giggles; thus sayeth the techno junkie in me. I am also practical and if pricing would be too high for get it!

What works best?

What works best is go old reliability. We found over the years of techno boost and advancements that the operating systems we all liked were being put out to pasture. Well right now we haven’t worked with Windows 9 yet so let us keep that for ourselves for now. The ones we did and didn't like are still around somewhere someplace. I saw a Dino-Windows 98 still working and doing e mail. I remember it was a success. The remember Windows Millennium Edition (Me) what a miserable failure. Now the wonderful Windows XP still a success. Now don’t forget the good old` Vista, Windows Vista was a failure. Then the next generation and still among the favorites weighing in as a light weight doing the heavy lifting Windows 7 still packing  a success, however the contender to everyone’s hoping success is the now used Windows 8; Windows 8 was a failure. Looking at a pattern it seems like every other version has a success story. I guess it’s up for Windows 9 to outshine them all.

Window 9

Really so soon, what is wrong with 7? It isn't so old it is outdated already, is it? Not by a long shot, yet you do know and mark my words. Windows 7 will hang around for a long time like XP has that is if MS will let it. We face the edge of an era the brink of closure for good old Win XP. The security measure keeping it on the desk will surpass the cost effectiveness of maintaining it. With that said, now would be the time third party developers to negotiate with MS to keep it going, for the Call centers  and other business that wish to keep it going, however it’s not for prosperity by any means. X P was a design that helped in the workforce mainstream for years. It was and remains a stable Operating environment for workstations worldwide.

Windows 8

It was never intended for the workforce as I ever seen. If the monitor wasn't

a touch screen you may as well use Win 7. There were guides as I mentioned to adapt Win 8 to perform more like Win 7 I never even bothered. Yes and Office 365 dear attempt to bring us into the ultimate enterprise workstation. Cloud based office handling isn't for everyone. The cost effectiveness is still high. Buying server time? While bring us to Azure. Use the web to connect with your own device. I love Evernote™ for just that thing. I know that not every free app out there is going to help you do all your work and eventually if you use an app long enough you will run out of space and will end up buying cloud time anyway.

Upon Cloud 9 

It looks like that is the way we are heading. Cloud software is enabling on almost every app we see being developed. From calling a Taxi from your phone to keeping movie and music off your memory in your phone, you simply press a Icon on the touch screen and the domain is called up and presto like magic a movie is streamed to whatever device you are using. Now that is only one example of how the Cloud world works. FTP’s File transfer protocols are easier now days we can access our needed information in a moment’s time. Press an app then type in a search and that info is transported to your phone like Captain Kirk to a green planet.  

It’s only logical we become more advance with our technology. We diligently search for new ways to out run the competition for bigger and better things that consumers want. Ease of use is the way to go, people want speed, and the faster they get there the more time to do something else, maybe?  I realize I sound cynical and I have been over Windows 8 from the beginning, yet not for the pattern in which way the Windows versions and created in every other OS being a good one, however It was a quick attempt to keep up with Android and IO’s while trying to stay in the game.

Looking past 8

Moving on down the line, we look at the new and uprising hopeful Windows 9. If they focus on an enterprise edition such as pro and keep off the grass so to speak, platform of trying to perform like its look like Android they will be okay. Here is suggestion! Develop a window version of Android like as in 8, make it user friendly without the freeze up and crashes and it could be a device OS only where as it would access Window systems as it already does on an exchange level. And for the Laptop a toggle could be made for either mode work or play.

Android has a development you might like. The little Tablets like we love to carry and use. How about an all Android OS for your machine as well as your phone and Tablet? Food for thought!

Windows 8 again

Windows 8 again:

   You know last year I built a few new computers; one I placed the beta version of Win 8 on one of them. I used it for a few days and the first thing I discovered that it was an OS that would be best used in the mobile devices. By now most everyone knows this.

    After a week or two of playing around I then took the version 8 off the computer in fear that my customers wouldn't like it. I now wish I would have left it on so all this time since I could have used it as a personal machine to learn on, make better judgment calls for my customer base when they ask me.

    One friend and client has made a purchase last Black Friday, with two Window 8 devices, one an RT 8 tablet and the other a Desktop. His report to me is that he would never buy another RT 8 version; he claims it’s sluggish and clumsy. Bare this in mind this is only person and his opinion.
We talked more and he spoke happily about retiring his Windows X P laptop to its remainder days in service of the church, while J. loves using his Windows 8 for home and office use. Please keep in mind J. is young and not set in his ways yet, innovation for most young persons is welcome. As parents we see this in our children, no?

   For those of us that have grown up with Linux, Mac and Windows well some of us got stuck a little in the past. Don’t get me wrong I love new stuff, I love progression in technology. However I wasn't convinced with the 7 version until I migrated my first OS 7 E E.

   After working with Windows 7 over the next several months’ gradually replacing the 1000 + units of the company’s outdated X P Pro I realized how stubborn I was to change. I assumed it was a work over of Vista, I guess Win 7 version was a better upgrade after all than I assumed at first look.
   
     The scary thing is now with 8 is how soon it came out. After using the OS I admit it will be an answer to the Mac, Android and Google platforms that are on the market now. The window phone is an example of how Microsoft show fears in loosing profits to the current users of Android and Mac, while seeing the absolute need for the technology change to stay in the ball park.

    The phone is a step in the right direction for MS and I wonder why they didn't think of this before? Now will Android OS be available as a desktop OS?

   New computing systems for the everyday user are being developed all the time. Ease of use is priority one with developers. As we see all in one desktop computers becoming popular, with touchscreen ability why not have an Android OS on them, however Windows OS 8 is the answer for that need.

   As most of us have discovered that Mac still remains an entity base on a-like systems that can only sync with their own kind. Android’s with the aid of browsers and software, link and sync all your needs to Micro soft Windows. Again, ease of use is priority one!

   Now you see and may agree that Windows is smart for going in the direction they took. I believe it was a necessary step to take with the need to keep up with today’s needs.
 
   I still have mixed feelings in the direction I would take today when recommending one OS system over the other to my home users. Still I would recommend 7 E E or pro to business. It relates to the way that most of us are used to, it incorporates some new technology that’s easy to adapt to. K B

Cornerstone Logical Solutions

November 14

Want To Get rid of the rising cost of Cable-vision?

Impossible, to stop inflation, well at least for now. Cable companies have a known rep for never being there on time and showing up when we are not home. The signal goes haywire, then it might pixel-ate, you know the annoying squares. Anyway you call and then do they refund you or comp you on the wasted viewing time, NO! If they do then what, a few dimes is better than nothing.

I threw away my cable-vision years ago. I still have internet through my cable provider, I pay half of what my neighbors pay. I still get to watch TV and get premium movies.

How? You ask? Next time I write and tell you? KB

Cornerstone Logical Solutions

November 26

I threw away my cable box, my Dish and I kept my internet. Why? I cant see paying 100 Bucks a month for cable i wont watch. It's like electricity, its always on and you pay for what you don't use. Internet service is the same way, yet I can live with a 35 dollar bill for having it compared to 100 for cable combo package. My office phone my TV and my computers are routed through the Internet. My ce...See More

A new Computer maker has come into the market and will be selling their products online through E-bay and locally. Look for LC computers offering high-end home, office and student computers. Made here in the USA and a part of Cornerstone IT (computer) Solutions of Northwest Missouri.

I recently wrote papers on the subject of ethics, that I will eventually share when the time is right. I researched the (Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument). Then before I closed up for the night I researched what the philosophy of right and wrong was according to others. One a Swami of all resources, I will continue with this research before I write my next blog. Thanks for reading! By the way when writing on such a subject matter may also include personal opinions of personal belief and others I research.